Aqueduct | Race 3 | Post Time 2:20 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

RACE 1: I AM THE LAW (#1)

Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 3:52 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

RACE 3: MADAM MEENA (#4)

Regardless of who wins stakes races at Santa Anita and Aqueduct on Sunday, the $2 win payoffs probably will not amount to much more than a hill of beans.

That’s the problem with short fields. Payoffs are so low the parimutuel reward for being right does not compensate for the many times we are wrong.

For bettors to make money, winners must pay for losers. It seldom happens in races such as the six-runner Santana Mile, race 8 at Santa Anita, or five-runner Haynesfield, race 7 at Aqueduct.

It was one of the more sur[rising moves we’ve seen lately when our key Pick Win Worthy came blasting off the Fair Grounds turn and looked like a winner at 19-to-1 only to be nailed by a high-class favorite inside the last few yards. When our gimmick toss-in Shaldag came up late for third at least we got bailed out in the exacta and trifecta that race. Our other Pick at Oaklawn may still be running.

Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 4:24 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

​RACE 1: DOROTHY’S THE BOSS (#5)

It’s not just coast to coast stakes action this Saturday, but continent to continent, with the Dubai World Cup program leading into the Florida Derby card and, as a solid sidebar, Jeff Ruby Steaks over the Tapeta surface at Turfway Park.

Gulfstream Park will pay out the Rainbow 6 on Saturday in a sequence that begins with race 9, features four of the five graded stakes races on the card, and culminates with the Grade 1 Florida Derby.

The opening leg is the only non-stakes race in the sequence and also appears to be the race requiring the most coverage, with a well-matched field of 11 signed on to go a mile on turf and plenty of early speed in play.